For many years, my musician friends and I would have a certain debate long into the night… “What makes a musician great?” One question that popped up a lot was the topic of…
Welcome to your weekly 10-second tip. If you struggle to play songs musically, this will help…
Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately. I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful…
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Welcome to a new Monday email with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a sad email about struggling with barre chords, a new way to practise scales, and more. Here we go… #1 – A new way to practise scales People often find playing scales boring, so I want […]
As we all know, playing guitar is great for our brain health. I’ve always joked that no one needs those brain training apps that were popular a few years ago… Instead, you just need to learn a few things on guitar! The guitar is “brain training” made fun after all!
I was always a big fan of the acting and comedy of Robin Williams. That could be Mork and Mindy re-runs as a kid, Jumanji, Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs Doubtfire, and one of my favourites… …Night at the Museum.
Welcome to a new weekly 10-second tip. Today we are talking about one of my favourite things to do. It is all about:
Ah, scales. I don’t talk about them that much in these posts. Yet they are the building blocks and the backbone of most music… Practising scales over and over can bore people to tears, especially if you don’t make real music with them.
Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately. I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful…